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W'. POLSON. CAP FOR BOTTLES No. 589,366. PatentedAug. 31,1897.

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No. 589,366. Patanted Aug 31,1897.

WI TJV .ESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAMJBOLSON, OF FABYANS, NElV HAMPSHIRE.

CAP FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 589,366, dated August 31, 1897.

Application filed Novemher'l4, 1896. Serial No. 612,105. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LWVILLIAM POLSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fabyans,

in the county of Coos and State of NewHampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Caps for Bottles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear; and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and use- 4 ful improvements in caps for bottles, the object of the same being to provide a device adapted to be applied to the upper end of the neck of the bottle for the purpose of preventing the accidental removal of the cork, and also to prevent the refilling of the bottle after the contents thereof have once been removed. I

The invention consists of the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the bottle with my improved cap applied to the neck thereof. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the ring portion of said cap. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the cap detached from the bottle, and Fig. 5 is a bottom plan View of the same.

' Like reference-numerals indicate like parts in the different views.

The bottle 1 has a neck 2 with a bead or enlargement 3 at a point near its upper end. Into this neck a cork 4 of ordinary construc-- tion is adapted to fit.- The cap 5 consists of a ring portion 6, adapted to fit over the upper end of the neck of the bottle, and has inwardly-projecting pins 7 7 therein which are applied after the cap is in place, so that they engage the head or enlarged portion 3 of the neck and serve as supports to prevent the removal of the cap from the bottle. Said pins 7 are either screwed in place through openings in the ring 6 and their heads afterward filed off or are formed by strips of wire which fit tightly the openings in said ring with their outer ends filed off, so that they lie flush with the outer surface of said ring. Formed integral with the ring 6 are upwardly-extending arms 8 8, having transverse grooves 9 9 therein,weakeningthearmsatonepoint. Inwardly-extending flanges 10 10 are formed upon the upper ends of the arms 8 S, which, when the cap is in place, fit over theppper end of the neck, bear against the top surface of the cork 4, and prevent the removal thereof.

The bottle is filled in the usualmanner and the cork 4 applied. The cap 5 is then placed upon the neck 2 and the pins 7 7 inserted.

When in this condition, it is impossible to re- -move the cap from the neck without a breakage of the parts.

To remove the contents of the bottle, a knife-blade, screw-driver, or other blunt instrument is applied to the flanges 10 10, breaking off the arms 8 8 along the line of the grooves or weakened portions 9. The cork 4 can then be removed in the usual manner.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that when the cap 5 has once been applied the cork 4 is prevented from accidental removal, and when it has been intentionally removed by breaking off the arms 8 S evidence thereof is clearly given and the bottle cannot be refilledwithout detection.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with a bottle whose neck has a bead or shoulder upon its outer surface, of a cap thereon consisting of a ring adapted to embrace said neck and provided with openings therein, inwardly-projecting pins on said ring fitting and secured within said openings and adapted to engage the under side of said bead or shoulder, and arms extending upwardly from said ring having inwardly-projecting flanges thereon, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination with a bottle whose neck has a bead or shoulder upon its outer surface, 'of a cap thereon consisting of a ring adapted to embrace said neck and provided with openings therein, inwardlyprojecting pins on said ring fitting and secured within said openings and adapted to engage the un- In testimony whereof I have signed this der side of said head or shoulder, and arms specification in the presence of two suhscrihextending upward] y from said ring formed ining Witnesses.

tegral therewith having transverse grooves \VILLIAM POLSON. therein, and inwardly-extending flanges at Vitnesses:

their upper ends, substantially as and for the A. J. BARREIT,

purpose described. C. S. PUSI-IEE. 

